The Secretary of State in Kansas has decided to argue an election lawsuit personally, rather than turning it over to the Attorney General of the state. The lawsuit was brought against the state of Kansas by the Constitution Party of Kansas.
Secretary of State Kris Kobach is both the defendant and his own attorney in a lawsuit now before a federal appeals court over how Kansas deals with small political parties.
He planned to argue the state’s case Wednesday morning before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. The Constitution Party of Kansas wants to regain its status as a recognized political party and is challenging the refusal of the secretary of state’s office to allow people to affiliate with the party when registering to vote.
In order to gain state recognition in Kansas, a party must collect 16,776 petition signatures from registered voters in Kansas or 2% of the last vote in the last governor’s election.
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